Poet Balachandran Chullikkadu was born in July 30, 1957 at Paravoor. He completed his graduation in English literature from Maharajas college, Ernakulam. He works in the District Treasury Office. His collection of poems published are "Pathinettu kavithakal", "Amaavaasi", "Ghazal", "Maanasaantharam", "Dracula" etc. Paravoor is a coastal resort town in the Quilon (renamed Kollam) district of India‘s southern state of Kerala. ... The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian. ... Ernakulam is a city adjoining to old Kochi city. ...